Posted by Larry Hoover on January 21, 2007, at 7:56:17
In reply to Re: Now that you're here larry, posted by linkadge on January 20, 2007, at 15:35:07
> What do you make of the possbility of SSRI's dammging the heart in a similar manner to other 5-ht2b agonists like fenfluramine?
I think we'd have seen the sentinel cases by now, the most sensitive among us. As I recall, the analogy to carcinoid syndrome was used to describe the likely mechanism behind the phen-fen phiasco (sic).
> Some of the dopamine agonists have also recently been linked to cardiac vulvopathy via secondary binding to cardiac 5-ht2b receptors.
Didn't know that. Might be worth a second thought.
> We had a discussion a week or so ago and could have used your input.
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> LinkadgeYa got a link, link?
Lar
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